She supported the Taliban and was dismissed twice for corruption, no? While the corruption charges could be sheer bunk, there's no denying her support for the Taliban, which ran counter to her philosophy of standing up against the feudal powers in Pakistan.

Nonetheless, this is a big blow. She was a legitimate sounding board for opposition in the upcoming election. Issues were being addressed. Now, I'm not so sure any changes will be coming to Pakistan in January.

She supported the Taliban and was dismissed twice for corruption, no? While the corruption charges could be sheer bunk, there's no denying her support for the Taliban, which ran counter to her philosophy of standing up against the feudal powers in Pakistan.

Nonetheless, this is a big blow. She was a legitimate sounding board for opposition in the upcoming election. Issues were being addressed. Now, I'm not so sure any changes will be coming to Pakistan in January.

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You sure she was a supporter of the Taliban? I thought the Taliban wanted women covered from head to toe and staying home, not trying to run countries. She was the opposition leader to a dictator, so the extremists might have liked her because she was all they had at the moment, but that seems to have changed.

i was/am sitting in the Cincinnati airport on a layover and the news popped up for the first time. After about 15 minutes, two guys in their early 20s sit down behind me.

"Who is that?"
"Dude, she's kinda hot. I like the scarf."

AP, after wiping the look of shock of his face and turning around: "Seriously?"

At least after that there was a good 10-minute discussion between the 3 of us and the woman two chairs down about her and what she had done for women in Islamic countries and a general rehash of her role in Pakistan (corruption charges included, yes).

I feel like I learned someone today. Amazing what can be accomplished in Northern Kentucky now and then.